Its design, as lead engineer thomas kelly recounted in a 2012 book. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. Spacex has gained worldwide attention for a series of historic milestones. Elon musk, born june 28, 1971, pretoria, south africa, south africanborn american entrepreneur who cofounded the electronicpayment firm paypal and formed spacex, maker of launch vehicles and spacecraft. Hes currently working on a book about the early days at spacex, and he thinks that musks genius blend of capitalism, curiosity, and motivation will make him a true pioneer.
Making commercial spaceflight a reality springer praxis books 20 by erik seedhouse isbn. The book is well written, and if youre not very familiar with spacex in general, the first third of the book has some good information about their history and. Spacex is a typical springerpraxis book, and thats high praise indeed. Why spacex is setting the pace in the commercial space race. Nasa has booked more astronaut flights to the international space station aboard private space taxis built by boeing and spacex. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the.
He is currently working on a book about spacex and the development of the falcon 9 launch vehicle and dragon spacecraft. Spacex just released a users guide for starship, the reusable. Spacex this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. Its detailed, comprehensive, technically accurate as far as i can tell and quite readable, considering the esoteric subject matter.
Elon musk and spacex could finally let you own a piece of the new space race musks privatelyheld space launch company could soon spin. This photo, tweeted out by spacex ceo elon musk on jan. Nasa books more astronaut flights from spacex, boeing space. Why the spacex lunar tourists wont walk on the moon.
But a brilliant new biography paints a picture of him as an obsessive, intolerant perfectionist. It is the only private company capable of returning a spacecraft from low earth orbit, which it first accomplished in 2010. Spacex, the rocket company founded by tech billionaire elon musk, was created with the mission of taking humans to mars. Elon musk shares the science fiction book series that inspired him to start spacex as a teenage boy, elon musk felt a personal obligation for the fate of mankind, according to the book elon. The company made history again in 2012 when its dragon spacecraft became the first commercial spacecraft to deliver cargo to and from. News about elon musk spacex, including commentary and archival articles published in the new york times. Most of the book is sourced from publicly available information.
How elon musk learned rocket science for spacex business. Recently, elon musk the ceo of spacex released images and information on what he calls the starship hopper test rocket. Wall street journal the spacex and tesla founder certainly sees setbacks as an unavoidable part of innovation. Elon musk and spacex could finally let you own a piece of. This is a book that deserves a higher than 5 stars rating. Before 2020 is over, spacex will offer satellite broadband. Spacex designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.
Spacex news launch manifest our launch manifest is populated by a diverse. Spacex unveils users guide for giant starship rocket space. I t looked for all the world like something that might have graced the cover of a 1950s comic book. Making commercial spaceflight a reality springer praxis books seedhouse, erik. Written by jeffrey kluger illustrations by bronson stamp spacex has been putting wins on the board ever since the companyfounded by serial entrepreneur elon muskbecame the first privately. Space travel spacexs starship is a new kind of rocket. Wikiproject wikipedia books rated book class this is a wikipedia book, a collection of articles which can be downloaded electronically or ordered in print. Elon musk shares the science fiction book series that inspired him to start spacex as a teenage boy, elon musk felt a personal obligation for. Spacex ceo elon musks goal is to make life multiplanetary and it means that we need to have a selfsustaining city on mars, he told ars technica.
Elon musk recommends science fiction book series that. Elon musk names spacex drone ships in honor of scifi. Tesla, spacex, and the quest for a fantastic future ashlee. He was also one of the first significant investors in, as well as chief executive officer of, the electric car manufacturer tesla.
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